All things Dairy

[lazy farmer]

Yes, I thought them a bit steep also. I guess it's the putting them on the whole herd at once makes you think.

Only on day 11 here. I suspect/hope they will come into their own second round onwards.
Deffo less labour with them though.

What were you using before ? Are you getting any cubicle rub with yours ?

 

[buffalo_soldier]

What were you using before ? Are you getting any cubicle rub with yours ?

Paint and teasers.
About 5% cubicle rub I would say. It's on the side of the stickers though so good to tell, cervix sweep if unsure.

Shortage of teasers this year, only got one and he is in with the maidens prompted a change.

 

[Grassman247]

How are you getting on with the stickers?
Struggling with them here. May go back to paint next season. There very expensive not to be happy with them.

What you struggling with? Taken us 2 years to really get to grips with them but very pleased with how it’s going, much more reliable than paint

 

[lazy farmer]

Partial rubs and falling off even though we use carpet glue. So the tech is having to fiddle about to try and tell whether. A cow bulling or not.

 

[jimmer]

Partial rubs and falling off even though we use carpet glue. So the tech is having to fiddle about to try and tell whether. A cow bulling or not.

Why the carpet glue?
Admittedly it's my first try with them, but if a cow lost one it was because she was bulling

 

[jimmer]

The thing I like with stickers over paint, is that your not looking for something that is missing

 

[Grassman247]

Partial rubs and falling off even though we use carpet glue. So the tech is having to fiddle about to try and tell whether. A cow bulling or not.

Preparation is everything, day before we clip every cow on the tail head nice and close

Then use the rubber brush and cloth the following day, we have an orbeseal bucket with a hair dryer blowing hot air through a hole in the side and slots on the lid where we lay the patches to warm them up, will check them the following day and any loose looking ones willl get the carpet glue

Ignore the partial rubs, leave the patch on until it’s gone off fully

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We used to get nervous about patches like this but as the paint shows it’s caught the backing gate or a cubicle

 

[buffalo_soldier]

I'm so low tech. I warm mine up on a hot water bottle

 

[jimmer]

Orbeseal bucket with hot water, lid on, stickers on lid, use bottom of pile first
Just done the autumn's, was concerned the sand in their coat would cause an issue but so far only one has come off, and she was bulling anyway

 

[MrA.G.]

After the stickers have been rubbed and the cow ai’d do you pull the sticker off and use paint to pick up repeats or reapply another sticker?

 

[Wee Willy]

Paint and teasers.
About 5% cubicle rub I would say. It's on the side of the stickers though so good to tell, cervix sweep if unsure.

Shortage of teasers this year, only got one and he is in with the maidens prompted a change.

What’s a cervix sweep?

 

[som farmer]

After the stickers have been rubbed and the cow ai’d do you pull the sticker off and use paint to pick up repeats or reapply another sticker?

pull them off, if you don't, its easy to get muddled up with the ones ai'd and not. And don't put a new one on, leave that a few days ! we pull them off as we ai them.

 

[Slowcow]

I'm so low tech. I warm mine up on a hot water bottle

I only do a few at a time, this probably won't work for block calvers but tuck them in yer trousers! Just make sure the sticker faces outwards or you get a free wax

 

[Martyn]

Wife came home from work with them, think she said they we £54 a pack through excel vets, so a pound a cow seamed good value. First year of using them, 85 to go on next week, will follow @Grassman247 advise and clip all cows first

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Looking good for early November.

Just a shame that it's not this November. Fek is horrible out there now

 

[som farmer]

Looking good for early November.
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Just a shame that it's not this November. Fek is horrible out there now

just thinking how the hell we could get our ground to look like that, then reached the bottom of the page ! After a seriously dry summer, we now have a seriously wet farm. We did manage to plough/work /drll 20 acres for hybred rye last week, another 8 acres ploughed, but that won't be sown now.
We will have to have cows in by night to avoid poaching, as we have reseeded so much.

 

[som farmer]

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Wife came home from work with them, think she said they we £54 a pack through excel vets, so a pound a cow seamed good value. First year of using them, 85 to go on next week, will follow @Grassman247 advise and clip all cows first

you can get them well under a £1, cheapest we had last year 37p

 

[buffalo_soldier]

What’s a cervix sweep?

Sorry, fancy term for gloving her.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

you can get them well under a £1, cheapest we had last year 37p

Was that Estrotect? I found cheaper but they were smaller and came on a roll.

 

[som farmer]

Was that Estrotect? I found cheaper but they were smaller and came on a roll.

estrotect, just work really hard on your supplier, if you just pick them up of the shelf, no chance.
Having said that, they probably look cheap at a £1, they do a bloody good job. I suppose we are just in the mentality of wanting everything as cheap as possible !